slinger
Appearance
See also: Slinger
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English slynger; equivalent to sling + -er.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]slinger (plural slingers)
- Someone who slings or who uses a sling.
- (US) An American Midwest diner meal consisting of typically two eggs, hash browns, and a ground meat patty, all covered in chili con carne and topped with cheese and onions.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]someone who slings or who uses a sling
|
Anagrams
[edit]Dutch
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Middle Dutch slinger. Equivalent to a deverbal from slingeren.
Noun
[edit]slinger m (plural slingers, diminutive slingertje n)
- (physics) a pendulum. Such object in mechanics, e.g. on a clock
- a garland, a line with party flags or similar decoration
- a sling (projectile weapon)
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Afrikaans: slinger
- → Caribbean Hindustani: slengar
- → Papiamentu: slenger
- → Sranan Tongo: slenger, srengi
- → Caribbean Javanese: slènger
Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
[edit]slinger
- inflection of slingeren:
Categories:
- English terms inherited from Middle English
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms suffixed with -er
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/ɪŋə(ɹ)
- Rhymes:English/ɪŋə(ɹ)/2 syllables
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- American English
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Dutch terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:Dutch/ɪŋər
- Dutch terms inherited from Middle Dutch
- Dutch terms derived from Middle Dutch
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch nouns
- Dutch nouns with plural in -s
- Dutch masculine nouns
- nl:Physics
- Dutch non-lemma forms
- Dutch verb forms